As the saying goes, individuals sweep the snow in front of their own doors, and don't care about the frost on others.

Although the Jia family is divided into three families, after all, they have the same root and the same vein, and for such a big thing as snow clearing, this big family can still work together.

The three families all swept up from the front of their homes, and after sweeping the snow in front of the door, they swept the snow in the yard, and finally the whole family gathered outside the courtyard gate and began to clear the snow from the road.

Everyone worked together to sweep the snow all day, not only to clean the snow inside and outside the courtyard, but also to clear the snow on the five-mile-long road.

"It's getting dark, so let's sweep here today!"

Although Jia Zhengmao is old, he also participated in this snow clearing operation, looking at today's results, he is already very satisfied, their family is prosperous, as the saying goes, "everyone collects firewood and the flame is high, and the ten fingers hold the fist and the strength is a thousand catties", the number of people is different.

His eldest son, Jia Chongguang, carried the broom on his shoulder and shouted loudly: "The old man said, I will be here today, and I will sweep again tomorrow!" ”

When everyone heard Jia Chongguang's words, they packed up their tools and prepared to go home. More than 100 people, laughing and laughing, were walking back, and they saw more than a dozen Inuit, not knowing what to do on the frozen Cascoquam River.

"What are these Inuit doing there?" Jia Chongguang stopped and walked away towards the Inuit.

"yes, what are they doing on the river?"

Several people also stopped and asked the same question.

"Let's go check it out!" Jia Chongwen made a suggestion.

Jia Chongguang voiced his worries: "There won't be danger, right? We don't speak the same language, so it's not good if we misunderstand. ”

Jia Chongwen said: "Let's say hello to them first, and then go over to see what they are doing." ”

Jia Chongguang encouraged Jia Chongwen: "You have a loud voice, you go over and contact them." ”

Jia Chongwen walked towards the river without hesitation, stepping on the snow one foot at a time, and he did not stop until the Inuit also noticed that someone was approaching them.

"Hey——!"

Jia Chongwen shouted loudly and waved his right hand.

"Hey——!"

Jia Chongwen's voice raised an octave.

The Inuit in the center of the river finally responded, and one of them, following Jia Chongwen's example, greeted him.

"Hey——!"

Jia Chongwen approached them step by step, and the snow had already covered his calves.

The Inuit started as one, then became two, three, four, and shouted to Jia Chongwen, "Hey——! ”

Jia Chongwen understood their enthusiastic gestures and took a bigger step forward.

The closer he got to the river, the less snow there was, and Jia Chongwen's pace gradually increased, and as soon as he stepped onto the ice on the river, he slipped and fell, causing the Inuit to laugh.

He wanted to stand up, but before he could straighten his waist, he was on all fours again.

Two Inuit came to him from the center of the river.

Jia Chongguang, who witnessed all this on the shore, panicked, and he desperately told Jia Chongwen to come back quickly.

The two Inuit walked quickly on the ice, and after a while, they came to Jia Chongwen's side, and one of them stretched out a hand to pull Jia Chongwen up.

Jia Chongwen said thank you repeatedly, and the two Inuit seemed to understand, and one of them could communicate with Jia Chongwen in simple Chinese.

"I, in the river, fishing." The Inuit spoke word by word, and since the Inuit had had frequent contact with the Chinese, it was not surprising that some of them could speak a simple Chinese sentence or two.

Jia Chongwen pointed to the road with his finger, then made a sweeping motion, and said, "I, sweep, snow." ”

Another Inuit was in front of Jia Chongwen, and now pointed to his own shoes, and then to Jia Chongwen's shoes, which meant to tell Jia Chongwen that his shoes had no anti-slip effect, so walking on the ice would slip.

Jia Chongwen thanked the two Inuit again, and then offered to see how they fished.

The Inuit agreed to his request and took him to the center of the river.

Jia Chongwen came to the middle of the river with the help of two Inuit, and he saw that several holes had been cut in the river, and the Inuit were using fishing nets to catch fish in the river.

Jia Chongwen was greedy, and the Inuit fishing nets were accurate one by one, and every time they went down the net, they could always catch seven or eight fatty and tender fish.

As it gets dark, the Inuit are ready to go home, and they live on the banks of a nearby river, where they usually make a living from fishing.

Originally, Jia Chongwen wanted to invite these Inuit to his farm, but because it was too late, he dispelled this idea, and when he left, he agreed with these Inuit that he would come here tomorrow to meet him, and the Inuit sent more than 20 salmon to Jia Chongwen.

After Jia Chongwen returned to the farm, he asked his father, Jia Zhengmao, to catch fish.

His reasoning was that he couldn't do anything during the cold winter, so it was better to learn from the Inuit and go fishing in the glaciers, which would not only increase the family's income, but also relieve the boredom of winter.

His proposal was approved by most people, and Jia Zhengmao was worried about whether the Inuit would let Jia's family go.

The next day, Jia Chongwen agreed to come to the old place, and the Inuit were very enthusiastic to teach him how to make holes in the ice and how to catch fish with nets.

The Inuit took a live fish for Jia Chongwen to eat, and he shook his head desperately, not picking up the fish.

Fortunately, the Inuit did not force him, such a big eating habit made him discourage the intention of inviting these Inuit to their farm, anyway, we will get along for a long time, and we will slowly get to know each other in the future.

The hospitable Inuit invited Jia Chongwen's family to go down to the river to fish together, and when Jia Chongwen understood what the Inuit meant, he immediately expressed his willingness to engage in such meaningful labor with them.

He returned to the farm and told everyone about the Inuit invitation, and when they heard it, they were in high spirits and said that they wanted to go fishing.

As a result, Jia Chongwen now learned and sold, and taught his family the fishing methods taught to him by the Inuit without reservation.

At the same time, he asked each family member to prepare a handful of hay and have them knead the hay into a rope and tie it around from the sole to the upper of the shoe to prevent it from slipping on the ice.

One day later, Jia Chongwen set off towards the Cascoquim River with a fishing team of more than 20 people, and the weather on this day was excellent, not only did it not snow, but the red sun rose in the east.